Scenes with Dr. Gibbs
4 scenes
Lora
[Lora and Dr. Gibbs are preparing to digitize an orange]
Well, here goes nothing.
Dr. Gibbs
Yes. Interesting! Interesting! Did you hear what you just said? "Here goes nothing."
Lora
Well, what I meant was...
Dr. Gibbs
Actually, what we plan to do is to turn something into nothing, and then back again. They might just as well have said "Here goes something; here comes nothing!"
Lora
Right.
Dr. Gibbs
Ha, ha. You've got to expect some static. After all, computers are just machines, they can't think.
Alan
Some programs will be thinking soon.
Dr. Gibbs
Won't that be grand? All the computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop.
Dr. Gibbs
User requests are what computers are for!
Dillinger
Doing our business is what computers are for!
Dillinger
ENCOM isn't the business you started in your garage anymore. We're billing accounts in thirty different countries; new defense systems; we have one of the most sophisticated pieces of equipment in existence.
Dr. Gibbs
Oh, I know all that. [starts for the elevator] Sometimes I wish I were back in my garage...
Dillinger
That can be arranged, Walter.
Dr. Gibbs
[stops and turns back to Dillinger, visibly angry]
That was uncalled for! You know, you can remove men like Alan and me from the system, but we helped create it! And our spirit remains in every program we design for this computer!
Dillinger
Walter, it's getting late. I've got better things to do than to have religious discussions with you. Don't worry about ENCOM anymore; it's out of your hands now.